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| Popular As | Jörg Buttgereit |
| Occupation | Director |
| Age | 60 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Capricorn |
| Born | December 20, 1963 ( Berlin, West Germany, West Germany) |
| Birthday | December 20 |
| Town/City | Berlin, West Germany, West Germany |
| Nationality | West Germany |
Jörg Buttgereit’s zodiac sign is Capricorn. According to astrologers, Capricorn is a sign that represents time and responsibility, and its representatives are traditional and often very serious by nature. These individuals possess an inner state of independence that enables significant progress both in their personal and professional lives. They are masters of self-control and have the ability to lead the way, make solid and realistic plans, and manage many people who work for them at any time. They will learn from their mistakes and get to the top based solely on their experience and expertise.
Jörg Buttgereit was born in the Year of the Rabbit. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Rabbit enjoy being surrounded by family and friends. They’re popular, compassionate, sincere, and they like to avoid conflict and are sometimes seen as pushovers. Rabbits enjoy home and entertaining at home. Compatible with Goat or Pig.
Buttgereit has been experimenting with film since 1977. His first project was called Gags und Schwarzer Humor, a parody of TV commercials. Color Trip was created after his camera broke and the developers gave him back black, blank film. After scratching and washing the film, something blue, black and green came out of the projector. Klassenfahrt was a movie about his class in his last year at school. Stress was another version of Color Trip using another returned blank film. He claims his very first feature was called Interview with Frankenstein.
The Exploding Sports Shoe (1980) was a two-minute film consisting of a Sports shoe exploding in slow-motion. It was shown on TV as part of a documentary about punk rock, the original title was 'The Most Beautiful Destruction'.
He is best known for his 1987 film Nekromantik.
In 1999, he directed an episode of the television series Lexx, after a six-year absence from the entertainment industry.
In 2012, speaking at the Leeds International Film Festival, Buttgereit said that he was happy working in stage and television production and cited internet piracy as a Problem for low-budget filmmakers.
Buttgereit's superhero character, Captain Berlin, was adapted into a comic book series in 2013. There is currently a comic book version of Nekromantik being made.
In 2013, Buttgereit announced that he would be teaming up with fellow horror Directors Andreas Marschall and Michal Kosakowski to work on an anthology film called German Angst, in which each Director would do one short. The film was released on May 7 2015.
